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Marching to the Song of Victory

What can the Jewish way of preparing for battle teach us about affecting change in our lives and the world around us?

After Fire Destroys Delaware Student Center, Chabad Builds Eight Times Bigger

September 2, 2022

Centers

Two years after arson destroyed the Jewish Student Center at the University of Delaware, Rabbi Avremel and Shulie Vogel broke ground on a new center,…

A Jewish Community Unites, Celebrates Jewish Life at Akron Family Festival

September 1, 2022

A resurgence of summer Jewish Family Festivals is bringing Jewish communities together for delicious deli sandwiches and Jewish culture in parks and synagogues across America

Trailblazing Former CTeener to Open Innovative Atlanta CTeen Center

August 31, 2022

CTeen

Once a CTeener himself, Dovid Goldschmidt and his wife Talya are opening an innovative CTeen center in Atlanta, GA.

Ep. 29: Everything Grows on Kauai … Why Not Yiddishkeit?

August 28, 2022

Podcast

The 29th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

Remembering the Rebbe’s Father

August 24, 2022

Features

Grateful or Entitled?

I am concerned about what kind of people are we raising, and I want to reverse this shift in our family that is making our…

By Sarah Alevsky

August 21, 2022

History

Today in Jewish History, the passing of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878-1944), father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Georgia Native Returns as Chabad Rabbi

August 16, 2022

New Centers

Rabbi Chaim grew up just north of Atlanta in a home that was traditional, but didn’t practice all the particulars of a religious Jewish lifestyle

August 15, 2022

The Evening Shema: The Perfect Place to Begin

Parshat Ve’eschanan contains probably the most well-known verse of the Torah, the Shema. The Talmud opens with the Mishnah’s discussion of the Shema. In particular…

Triple the Numbers! CTeen Summer Inspires Jewish Pride for Public School Students

August 12, 2022

Teens

Yakov Vinnik went from being asked to wrap tefillin at the White House, to sharing the mitzvah with a fellow Jew in Warsaw, Poland. That's…

Tisha B’Av: Remembering for a Better Future

August 9, 2022

Judaism

This evening, Jews around the world will remove their shoes, begin a 25-hour fast, and sit low on the floor in the manner of mourners.

August 6, 2022

Tisha B’Av and Mount Nebo

The Book of Devarim is thematically tied to spiritual descent and yet hints at the Ultimate Redemption. Is there a spiritual treasure buried in exile?

Ep. 28: From Kabul To Fremont: An Afghan Family Moves Into A Chabad House

August 5, 2022

Podcast

The 28th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

Chabad of Illinois’ “First Responders” Prepare to Confront Mental Health Crisis

August 4, 2022

Mental Health

On July 24 and 25, one hundred Chabad emissaries gathered for a Mental Health training conference in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Northbrook, Illinois, just…

Jeff Brought Chabad to Guelph, Now It Carries His Name

August 3, 2022

Centers

This July, on Jeff’s yahrzeit, the Dr. Jeff & Lisa White Chabad of Guelph was dedicated in his honor

August 1, 2022

It’s the Going There, Not the Getting There

Torah records the forty-two journeys. Why was it necessary to recount every step of the way?

Kids Roll Up Their Sleeves and Learn Judaism at New JCrafts Center

July 29, 2022

Youth

In southern Maryland, Jewish kids are having a blast and learning Judaism at Rabbi Levi Raskin’s immersive educational center

Bar Mitzvah Lessons, 21st-Century Edition

July 25, 2022

Lifecycle

Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein has seen the damage left in the wake of careless bar and bat mitzvah lessons.

El Paso Independent School District Becomes First to Adopt ‘ARK’

July 21, 2022

Editorial

It’s Never Too Late

Across every segment of Jewish life, in America and elsewhere, we are seeing a demand for genuine, substantive, Torah study opportunities

By Baila Olidort

July 18, 2022

Humanitarian

An initiative encouraging routine charity is gaining a foothold in American public schools and places of business

Howard Glowinsky: Letter To My Children

July 18, 2022

Features

Individuals who have come to Torah study as adults reflect upon something that they have learned

By Howard Glowinsky

July 17, 2022

New Centers

Second-Oldest Building in Finland is Chabad’s Newest Center

After two decades of communal growth and half a decade of renovations, and with the help of an old friend from Bogata, Columbia, Chabad of…

Ep. 27: From ‘Grateful Dead’ Fans to Chabad Emissaries

July 17, 2022

Podcast

The 27th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

Anniversary of Rebbe’s Liberation from Soviet Prison

July 12, 2022

History

Today, on the Jewish calendar, marks the 95th anniversary of the miraculous liberation of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn, from Soviet prison.